The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-06
ANOTHER TRAIN ROBBERY.
Express and Mail Cars ON the Texas & Pacific
Plundered by Party of Masked Men.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
Fort WORTH, Tex, June 5.-As the east
bound Texas g. Pacific express was pulling out
of Benbrook, the fret station west of Fort
Worth, at 7:45, last night, four masked men
leaped on the engine, and. with drawn revolvers,
ordered the engineer, John Baker, to pull on.
The engineer obeyed, and the train moved for
fard until Brushy creek, eight miles west of
Fort Worth, reached Here. on high
trestle the train was stopped. The express
messenger, Thomas Marsh, was a new man on
the road, and opened the door to ascertain the
cause Of the delay. He found the four robbers
guarding the engineer and fireman. Advancing
to his car they drew their pistols down on him
and called out. "Up with your handsw A man
who appeared to be the leader, and who
was at least six feet tall jumped into the and
said he wanted all the money he had-every cent
of It. Marsh told the robber that he bad the
drop on him and could take all there was. The
robber started to the safe, holding sack in one
hand, and with the other took what he found in
the safe and transferred it to the sack He de-
manded of the messenger whether that was the
extent of the valuables on board, and Marsh
answered that he had it all The messenger
5ocularly asked for cigar and the robber said
he had none with him. Jumping out of the car
the robber and his three associates went to the
mail car IN cnarge OF mail agent Sklle3, and or
dered him to give them the registered matter.
Three packages were handed out. After the
mail car had been gone through the robbers
jumped out, and the four. ordering the engineer
and fireman to the cab, told them to go on and
id fast. too" The engineer pulled out,
and as ne did SO one shot was fired by of the
robbers, probably with view of frightening
passengers
No effort was made to molest the passengers
in the cars, but several OF them fred at
when attempting to come out The train was n
through one from FL Paso, aud generally car
ries large amount of money. The express
messenger had his packages made up for ex-
trains The figures given out here 81 $50,
but knowing ones laugh at any hguress less than
e.. 900. while some assert that the amount is
$40, 600. The express officials -committaL
The three registered packages taken from the
mail car contained, it is asserted, only few hun
dred dollars. The train only delayed twenty
minutes. The robbers had horses near at hand
aud were of like the wind before the train be-
gan to move.
AS as the train reached Fort Worth
Sheriff Shipp was notified, and has gone in pur-
suit with a posse of officers. When the news
spread over the city there great excitement,
and hundreds of men offered to join the pursu-
ing party. A second posse started out about 10
o'clock The robbery was well planned and most
successfully executed 1t took place five miles
same road. At that time the officials put the
amount of booty at low figures, but it afterward
proved to be enormous
It is learned that not more than 81 $50 was
taken by the robbers from the express car. The
exact amount in the registered letters is not
obtainabe. The country has been thoroughly
secured by officers with bloodhounds all day bu.
trace of the thieves be found. The heavy
rain of this morning destroyed the scent and
the hounds are of little use.